Gasolene-strainer.



L. W. SHORT.

GASOLBNE STRAINER.

APPLICATION TILED JUNE 13, 1913.

1,087,692. Patented Feb. 17,1914.

TTED STATES PATENT OFFTGE.

LIEL VI. SHORT, OF BOSTON, MISSOURI.

GAS'OLENE-STRAINER.

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Linn W. SHORT, a citizen of the United States,residing at Boston, in the county of Barton and State of Missouri, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in GasoleneStrainers; and Ihereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichit appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to a gasolene engine attachment, and particularlyto separators or filters for gasolene engines.

One of the principal objects of my invention is to provide a separatorwhich will purify the gasolene before it reaches the carbureter.

Another object thereof is to provide means for easily cleaning the partsof the separator.

A further object is to provide a separator that may be cleaned withoutremoving it from its connection with the engine.

A still further object is to provide an attachment of the classdescribed that will be simple, durable, and efficient in operation andinexpensive to manufacture.

These and other objects may be attained by means of the construction,combination and arrangement of parts, hereinafter more fully describedand claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which,

Figure 1, is a vertical longitudinal sectional view of my invention,and, Fig. 2, is a vertical transverse sectional view taken on the line22 of Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawing in which like characters of reference indicatelike parts throughout the several views; the boxing of the separatorcomprises vertical side walls 1, a vertical rear wall 2, a shortervertical front wall 3, a top wall 4, and an inclined bottom wall 5.

The bottom of the boxing is provided with a screw threaded opening toreceive a screw threaded nipple 6, on a hollow ball 7, which is providedopposite the nipple 6 with a second smaller nipple 8 in which isthreaded a drain cock 9. The top wall of the boxing is provided with athreaded opening adapted to be normally closed by the screw 10.

The pipe leading from the gasolene tank is threaded into the rear Wall 2of the boxing near the lower end thereof, and adja- Specification ofLetters Patent.

Application filed June 18, 1913.

Patented Feb. 17, 1914:. Serial No. 774,421.

cent the nipple 6, and is provided at a short distance from the boxing,with a cut off cock 11. A thumb pipe 12 is seated in an opening near theupper end of the wall 2, and projects into the boxing at a shortdistance from the top wall t thereof. The front end of the pipe 12 isprovided with a screw threaded bore to receive the screw threaded end ofa pipe 13, which is provided with a cut off cock 14, and which leadsfrom the boxing to the carbureter of the engine. The screw threaded borecommunicates with the interior of the boxing through the medium of areduced bore 15, which for a portion of its length runs in a horizontaldirection and then bends downwardly at right angles to form an openingin the pipe 12 on the lower side thereof.

Interposed between the end of the pipe 13, and a shoulder 16, formed bythe connection of the large and smaller bores in the pipe 12, is aplurality of mesh screens 17 through which the gasolene passes as itgoes from the boxing to the carburetor, and which collect particles ofdirt to prevent their passage into the carbureter.

The gasolene coming from the tank, fills the ball 7, and the housing,and the dirt and water will settle through the opening in the nipple (3,down to the bottom of the ball 7 where it will gather as indicated bythe dark lines in Fig. 1, adjacent the drain cock 9. However any dirtthat does not settle to the bottom of the ball will be caught by thescreens 17 as the gasolene passes to the carburetor. It will be noticedthat the bottom 5 of the boxing is inclined downwardly toward the balland the nipple 6 has its upper inner edge rounded, so that no dirt orother foreign substance can be collected on the bottom. As is seen, theopening in the nipple 6, is comparatively small so that the rush ofgasolene coming from the tank cannot stir up the dirt gathered at thebottom of the ball.

when it is desired to clean the device, the stop cocks 11 and 14 areturned off, the drain cock 9 turned on, and the screw 10, removed fromthe top ton the boxing whereby the gasolene contained in the boxing andthe ball, will drain out carrying with it the dirt and water collectedin the latter. The device may then be rinsed with gasolene if sodesired. In order to clean the screens 17, the pipe 12 is unscrewed fromthe pipe 13 by means of the thumb nut 18, carrying with it the screenswhich may be removed and cleaned and the pipe replaced in its operativeposition.

It will be noted that by this construction, my device may be cleanedWithout removing the same from its connection with the carbureter andgas tank, and that there will be no danger of continually agitating thedirt collected in the ball, thus providing that the gasolene in theboxing be pure Although I have described a preferred construction of myinvention, I reserve, and may exercise the right to make such changes inthe construction, combination and arrargeinent of parts, as do notdepart from the spirit or the invention, and the scope of the appendedclaims.

Having thus fully described my invention what I claim as new and desireto secure by Letters-Patent is,

1. A device of the class described providing a boxing, a hollow ballcommunicating therewith, means for admitting gasolene into the boxing, athumb pipe in said b0):- ing and provided with a screw threaded borecommunicating with said boxing through a smaller bore, an outlet pipeextending through said boxing and threaded into the threaded bore ofsaid thumb pipe, and a plurality of screens interposed between the endof said outlet pipe and said smaller bore for purifying the gasolene.

2. A device of the class described providing a boxing, said boxinghaving vertical side walls, a horizontal top wall, and an in clinedbottom wall, an inlet pipe secured to said boxing and adapted to admitgasolene thereto, said inlet pipe being approximately on a line with thelower end of said inclined wall, a hollow ball secured to said boxingand communicating therewith at a point between said inlet pipe and lowerend of said inclined wall, a thumb pipe in said boxing, an outlet pipeextending through said boxing and threaded into said thumb pipe, thelatter provided with a bore communicating with said outlet pipe and saidboxing, and a plurality of screens secured in said bore.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

LIEL W. SHORT.

\Vitnesses J. L. Box, F, M. STEELMAN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Gommissioner of Patents, Washington, I C.

